Exclosure experiments have demonstrated the effects of bird predation on arthropods. In a Mexican coffee plantation, we excluded foliage-gleaning bird and bat predators from coffee plants. Effects of bats and birds were additive. In the dry season, birds reduced arthropods in coffee plants by 30%; birds and bats together reduced arthropods by 46%. In the wet season, bats reduced arthropods by 8...

Today, more and more users are gleaning information via networks (e.g. Internet and in particular the World Wide Web). To perform this task they use either browsing, searching or filtering tools. These tools are useful for the needs of a single user but are not adapted to a group of users having any information needs. This paper introduces Easy-DOR, a system which enables users to automatically...

Crossley's babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi) is a passerine endemic to Madagascar. Traditionally, it has been classified as a babbler (Timaliidae), although affinities with warblers and vangas have been suggested. We investigated the phylogenetic affinities of Crossley's babbler using sequence data from two nuclear introns (myoglobin intron 2 and beta-fibrinogen intron 5) and one mitochondrial ge...

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The SciDAC program of the Department of Energy has brought together tremendous scientific expertises and computing resources to realize the promise of terascale computing for attempting to answer some of the most important basic science questions. Scientific visualization is an indispensable path to gleaning insight from the massive data produced by terascale simulations. Unless the visualizati...

The paper aims to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on Brazilian educational scenario. It analyses directives in pandemic times, gleaning possibilities and challenges for curriculum different levels schooling. focus study is two-fold: it theoretically discusses need multicultural intersectional perspectives culturally diverse countries policies issued by National Council Education at time pandemi...